do that Section to at full (^ Mi within the requirements of "Aliens Passengers Act", will it press for the amendment a sort repeal of Actment.
theatra-sa 3. I am to request that how Kimberley may be informed whether in Lord Granville's opinion the matter be allowed to rest on its present footing in the absence of any renewed representations from the French Government. There would be difficulty in amending the Act in such a way as to accord specially to the vessels Messagerie Maritime exemptions which it appears necessary to maintain generally in force; and the suggestions made in M. Savard's letter of the 9 September do not seem to afford any solution to the difficulty that could be adopted. If it was not intended, and would it be desirable, that the operation of the Act should be restricted & clarified for vessels engaged in the conveyance of emigrants under contract to serve in foreign countries.
The same necessity for supervising the arrangements made for the conveyance of free passengers proceeding independently and at their own cost exists in the case of emigrants from Hong Kong and others from China; and the provisions of the Aliens Passengers Act do not appear to have become ...
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